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Restructuring case studies

These case studies provide more than 200 examples of how private sector and public sector employers anticipate and manage restructuring. Such restructuring can occur for many reasons and can take different forms, from business expansion to the closure of the the firm.

The case studies illustrate the planning and implementation processes of organisational change as well as their outcomes. The aim is to inform governments, social partners, employers and others involved about how restructuring has been realised in European organisations and what lessons can be learned from these experiences.

Development and maintenance of capacities and competencies for anticipation of change, Career counselling and occupational orientation activities

Support of start-ups by and business transfers to employees/support to establish workers cooperatives, Flexible/early retirement schemes, Other support for affected employees, (Re)training of affected employees

Support of networks/partnerships among organisations, Flexible/early retirement schemes, Diagnosis of the situation and designing change procedures, Attracting investors, Information and consultation of workers or their representatives, Monitoring of the impact of the restructuring, Redeployment of affected employees within the organisation, Other support for affected employees, Multistakeholder communication and networking, (Re)training of affected employees

Information and consultation of workers or their representatives, Flexible/early retirement schemes, Support of start-ups by and business transfers to employees/support to establish workers cooperatives

Strategic long-term monitoring of individual organisations economic and financial situation, Strategic long-term monitoring of market and technological developments, Establishment of networks/partnerships with regular exchange facilities, Development and maintenance of capacities and competencies for anticipation of change, R&D - innovation

Working time flexibility measures, Support of networks/partnerships among organisations, Diagnosis of the situation and designing change procedures, Information and consultation of workers or their representatives, (Re)training of affected employees

Diagnosis of the situation and designing change procedures, Information and consultation of workers or their representatives, Redeployment of affected employees within the organisation, Transition of affected employees to other employers, (Re)training of affected employees

Information and consultation of workers or their representatives, Multistakeholder communication and networking, Working time flexibility measures, Reorientation of previous productive resources (site/equipment/etc) and diversification measures, Support of networks/partnerships among organisations

Diagnosis of the situation and designing change procedures, Information and consultation of workers or their representatives, Multistakeholder communication and networking, Working time flexibility measures, (Re)training of affected employees, Supporting the access to finance of the affected organisation, Reorientation of previous productive resources (site/equipment/etc) and diversification measures, Support of networks/partnerships among organisations

Diagnosis of the situation and designing change procedures, (Re)training of affected employees, Support of start-ups by and business transfers to employees/support to establish workers cooperatives, Other support for affected employees, Monitoring of the impact of the restructuring

Supporting the access to finance of the affected organisation, Income support for affected workers, Diagnosis of the situation and designing change procedures, Information and consultation of workers or their representatives, Redeployment of affected employees within the organisation

Information and consultation of workers or their representatives, Working time flexibility measures, Redeployment of affected employees within the organisation, Reorientation of previous productive resources (site/equipment/etc) and diversification measures, Support of networks/partnerships among organisations